Easy method to derive binomial expansion formula

in steemeducation •  6 years ago  (edited)

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You should have been wondering that binomial expansion formula was just written in most of the textbooks without proving it. So in this tutorial, I will explain how the formula was derived.

Now, let's start the tutorial.

There are many methods to prove it but I will consider using a simple method which will be well explanatory for those with little knowledge of mathematics.

By considering this below equation,

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The first thing to do is differentiating it, is it strange? calm down, let me explain how to differentiate first, we just need basic knowledge..

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I believed you've known how to differentiate now.

Let's proceed,

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Putting x=0 in equation 1 to 5.

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Equation 1 can be rewritten as,

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Substituting a, b, c, d and e values in eq1

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Now, let's derive an expression for binomial expansion.

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Putting x=0 in eq 7 to 11

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Lastly, substitute f'(0),f"(0),f'"(0) and f""(0) values in equation 6
Then we have,

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You can see that the equation has been derived.

Reference

Quora-how to derive binomial expansion

I will explain how to derive an expansion for (a+b)^n in my next post

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This is lovely. It's just like proofing using Maclaurin's series. Nice work bro.. Keep it up

Yea bro.. Thanks my math mate.

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